SPEAKERS Beth Comstock Former Vice Chair, General Electric; Author, Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change; Twitter @bethcomstock In Conversation with Gina Bianchini Founder and CEO, Mighty Networks; Twitter @ginab This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Septem ...…

SPEAKERS Tom Stienstra 2017 Emmy Award Winner in Science, Nature and Health by the National Academy of Television and the Arts; Journalist This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on September 20th, 2018.

SPEAKERS P.J. O’Rourke Contributing Editor, The Weekly Standard; H.L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute, Author, None of My Business In Conversation with Lenny Mendonca Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Director Emeritus, McKinsey and Company This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San ...…

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); President, SFPride; Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host Ghazwan Alsharif the subject of the film From Baghdad to the Bay; he is also a former Iraq war translator This program was recorded in front of a l ...…

SPEAKER Susan L. Shirk Chair, 21st Century China Center at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego; Director Emeritus, University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC); Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs This program was recorded in front of a live aud ...…

SPEAKERS DeRay Mckesson Host, "Pod Save the People"; Civil Rights Activist and Organizer; Author, On The Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope, Twitter @deray In Conversation with MC Hammer Rapper, Producer, Entrepreneur This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco on September 18th, ...…

SPEAKERS Jonathan Haidt Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, Stern School of Business at New York University; Co-Author, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure; Twitter @JonHaidt In Conversation with Quentin Hardy Head of Editorial, Google Cloud This program was rec ...…

SPEAKERS Marisa de Belloy CEO, Cool Effect; Executive Director, Overlook International Foundation Gina McCarthy Director, The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Bill McKibben Founder, 350.org Tom Steyer Founder and President, NextGen America Gloria Walton President and CEO, Strategi ...…

SPEAKERS John Kerry Former U.S. Secretary of State; Author, Every Day is Extra; Twitter @JohnKerry In Conversation with Dr. Gloria Duffy President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club This program was recorded in front of a live audience at Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco on September 13th, 2018.…

SPEAKERS Mark Leibovich Chief National Correspondent, The New York Times Magazine; Author, Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times; Twitter @MarkLeibovich In Conversation with Raj Mathai News Anchor, NBC Bay Area This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commandant's Ballroom at Marines Memorial Club in San Francisco on Septembe ...…

SPEAKERS Chris Hedges Pulitzer Prize–winning Journalist; Author, America: The Farewell Tour This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on September 10th, 2018.

SPEAKERS Ravit Baer Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest Sam Lauter Principal, BMWL and Partners; Co-Chair, 2016 San Francisco–Haifa Sister City Mayoral Trip Matthew Passmoore San Francisco Artist and Urban Innovator Linda Calhoun Chair, International Relations Member-Led Forum; Founder and Executive Producer, Career Girls—M ...…

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); President, SFPride; Twitter @msmichellemeow Cat Brooks Executive director of The Justice Teams Network, co-founder the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP, Candidate for Mayor of Oakland. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Franc ...…

SPEAKERS Carla Marinucci Senior Writer, Politico California Playbook; Twitter @cmarinucci Dan Schnur Professor, University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications and the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies; Twitter @danschnur Scott Shafer Senior Editor of California Politics and Government Desk, KQED; Twitter @scott ...…

SPEAKERS Ann Cheng GreenTRIP Program Director, TransForm Isela Gracian President, East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) Rachel Swan Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle Scott Wiener California State Senator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 2nd, 2018.…

SPEAKERS Steven Pinker Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; Author, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress; Twitter @sapinker In Conversation with Kishore Hari Host, "Inquiring Minds" Podcast This program was recorded in front of a live audience at Marines Memorial Theater in San Francis ...…

SPEAKERS Ken McNeely Regional President, AT&T Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); President, SFPride; Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on September 5 ...…

SPEAKERS Rhett Butler Founder and CEO, Mongabay Robin Martin, Ph.D. Research Associate, Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University Joe Mascaro Director of Academic Programs, Bay Area Satellite Company Planet David Kroodsma Research Director, Global Fishing Watch This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwea ...…

SPEAKERS Julia Ross Author, The Mood Cure, The Diet Cure and The Craving Cure This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 30th, 2018.

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); President, SFPride; Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host Isa Noyola Deputy director of the Transgender Law Center This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Fran ...…

SPEAKERS Michelle Romero National Director, Green For All William Vollmann Author, No Good Alternative: Volume 2 of Carbon Ideologies This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 14th, 2018.

SPEAKERS Steve Israel Former U.S. Congressman (D-NY), MSNBC Commentator; Author, Big Guns: A Novel In Conversation with the Honorable Ellen Tauscher Former Representative, California's 10th Congressional District; Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Member, Commonwealth Club's Board of Governors This pro ...…

SPEAKERS Dan Diaz Patients' Rights Advocate, Widower of Brittany Maynard In Conversation with Dawn Gross, M.D., Ph.D. Host, KALW's "Dying To Talk" Radio This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 29th, 2018.

SPEAKERS A’Niya Bankston Rising Sophomore, Oakland Technical High School; Board Chair, Generation Citizen's Student Leadership Board Kiely Hosmon Director, San Francisco Youth Commission Adam Kubey 12th Grade Teacher, Oakland Charter High School; Civic Educator Clifford Yee Director of Youth Programs and Director of Inclusion and Diversity, Cor ...…

SPEAKERS Barbara Marshman Former Editorial Pages Editor, Mercury News; Twitter @barbmarshman Guy Marzorati Politics Reporter, KQED News; Twitter @guymarzorati Dan Schnur Professor, University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications and the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies; Twitter @danschnur This program was recor ...…

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); President, SFPride; Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host A.C. Thompson Staff reporter with ProPublica This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Aug ...…

SPEAKERS Elaine Forbes Executive Director, Port of San Francisco Nahal Ghoghaie Bay Area Program Lead, The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water Larry Goldzband Executive Director, Bay Conservation and Development Commission This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 8th, 2018.…

SPEAKER Steve Goldbloom Producer; Creator, “Brief But Spectacular” on “PBS NewsHour”; Twitter @stevegoldbloom Flossie Lewis Writer, Retired Bay Area Teacher Mahogany L. Browne Poet; Author, Black Girl Magic; Organizer; Educator; Twitter @mobrowne In Conversation with Lauren Schiller Host, “The Inflection Point” on KALW and PRX; Twitter @laschil ...…

SPEAKERS Lucy Jones, Ph.D. Seismologist; Research Associate, Caltech Seismological Laboratory; Author, The Big Ones In Conversation with Janet Napolitano President, University of California; Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security; Former Governor, Arizona This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San ...…

SPEAKERS Leon Panetta Chairman, Panetta Institute for Public Policy David Titley Rear Admiral, United States Navy (Ret)

SPEAKER Mimi Silbert CEO and President, Delancey Street Foundation This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 20th, 2018. Note: This program contains explicit language.

SPEAKERS Greg Gutfeld Host, Fox News’ "The Greg Gutfeld Show"; Co-Host, Fox News’ "The Five"; Author, The Gutfeld Monologues: Classic Rants from the Five In Conversation with Scott Adams Creator, "Dilbert" This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 14th, 2018 Note: This program contains explicit language…

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); President, SFPride; Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host Martin Duberman Author of many books, including Waiting to Land: A (Mostly) Political Memoir, 1985–2008, The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein, Stonewall, ...…

SPEAKERS Layla Aguilar Farm Manager, Bi-Rite; Graduate, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) Renata Brillinger Co-Founder and Executive Director, California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN); Steering Committee Member, Center for Sustainability at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo; Advisory Board Member, UC Da ...…

SPEAKERS Nina Shapiro, M.D. Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA; Author, Hype This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 15th, 2018

SPEAKERS Jason Kander President, Let America Vote; Candidate for Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri; Podcast Host, “Majority 54”; Author, Outside the Wire Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones—Moderator This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 15th, 2018

SPEAKERS Bob Butler Reporter, KCBS Radio Darrel Ng Managing Director, W20 Group; Former Director of Rapid Response, Romney/Ryan Campaign (2012); Former Spokesperson, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Pat Thurston Talk Show Host, KGO Radio This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 13th, 2018…

SPEAKERS Manuel Pastor Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California; Author, State of Resistance In Conversation with Autumn McDonald Director, New America CA This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 13th, ...…

SPEAKERS Jason Mark Editor, Sierra Magazine; Author, Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man David Vogel Author, California Greenin’ How the Golden State Became an Environmental Leader Huey Johnson Chair, Resource Renewal Institute This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on July ...…

SPEAKERS Chaya M. Mandelbaum Employment Law Attorney; Chair, California Fair Employment and Housing Council; Partner at Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe Amy Oppenheimer Attorney/Investigator; Member, DFEH Sexual Harassment Task Force; Author, Investigating Workplace Harassment This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco ...…

SPEAKERS Hemant Taneja Managing Director, General Catalyst; Author, Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future In Conversation with Steve Moore Senior Account Manager, RF Associates North This program was recorded live at The Schultz Hall, Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, on August 7th, 2018…

SPEAKERS Glen S. Fukushima Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan; Former Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Japan and China This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 7th, 2018

SPEAKERS John Clark Chef and Co-Owner, Foreign Cinema William Ortiz-Cartagena Commissioner, San Francisco Office of Small Business Gayle Pirie Chef and Co-Owner, Foreign Cinema Caleb Zigas Executive Director, La Cocina Julian Mark Reporter, Mission Local—Moderator This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Augus ...…

SPEAKERS Alexandra Nickliss Instructor of History, City College of San Francisco; Author, Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 1st, 2018

SPEAKERS Andy Weir Author, The Martian and Artemis This program was recorded live at The Schultz Cultural Hall Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto on July 31st, 2018

SPEAKERS Sharon Strand Ellison Author, Taking the War Out of Our Words; International Trainer; Recipient, Kaplan Lecture Honorary Award as a Communication Pioneer; Invited Participant, Symposium on International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 1st, 2018…

SPEAKERS Evan Low California State Assembly District 28, California Legislative Technology & Innovation Caucus Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); President, SFPride; Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded live at The Commonw ...…

Guests Patrick O. Brown CEO and Founder, Impossible Foods Carolyn Jung Journalist/Blogger, FoodGal.com Mike Selden CEO and Co-founder, Finless Foods This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on July 19th, 2018

SPEAKERS Sean Spicer Former White House Press Secretary; Author, The Briefing; Twitter @seanspicer In Conversation with Melissa Caen Politics and Legal Reporter, CBS Bay Area (KPIX 5) This program was recorded live at The Marines' Memorial Theatre in San Francisco on August 2nd, 2018

SPEAKERS Tiffany Woods Program Coordinator and Co-creator, TransVision, Tri-City Health Center, Alameda County This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on July 30th, 2018